diskret
German, adjective/dɪsˈkʁeːt/
diskret is spelled D-I-S-K-R-E-T (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diskret is a German adjective meaning “respectful of privacy and secrecy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas geheim haltend; vertraulich, vor der Außenwelt verborgen”.
What does diskret mean in English?
adjective
- 1
respectful of privacy and secrecy
Meine Nachbarin hat die Sache sehr diskret behandelt, und niemand sonst im Haus hat davon erfahren.
- 2
trying to avoid causing embarrassment or undue attention
Es war sehr diskret von ihm, zwar der Rede seines Kontrahenten beizuwohnen, aber auf die anschließende Abendveranstaltung zu verzichten.
- 3
discrete
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas geheim haltend; vertraulich, vor der Außenwelt verborgen 2. an einzelnen Stellen oder nur einzelne Werte und nichts dazwischen annehmend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diskret
- diskreter masculine nominative singular
- am diskretesten superlative
- diskrete feminine nominative singular
- diskretes neuter nominative singular
- diskreten genitive masculine singular
- diskretem dative masculine singular
- der diskrete definite includes-article masculine
- die diskrete definite feminine includes-article
- das diskrete definite includes-article neuter
- die diskreten definite includes-article nominative
- des diskreten definite genitive includes-article
- der diskreten definite feminine genitive
- dem diskreten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diskret?
- /dɪsˈkʁeːt/
- [dɪsˈkʁeːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diskret
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diskret in German?
diskret appears 3.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).